The Law Office of Veronica R. Stirnitzke
Helping America's workers through troubled times.
Pay days are often one of the happiest days of the month for Oregon workers. It is that special day where all of your hard work is recognized and turns into something useful. While most workers don’t think anything of this process, there are special
Like so much of our modern lives, our work lives are often controlled by records, be they paper or electronic. Just about every employer will have a personnel file for each employee. These personnel files can contain a great deal of information that is often
When a worker is terminated, discriminated against, or otherwise harmed, they often don’t know what to do next. This is in some ways a state of shock. Often an employee is left feeling hurt, and scared, and with no notion of what can be done
When an employee gets a paycheck, there are often deductions taken out of that paycheck, but did you know only certain deductions are legal? Under Oregon law deductions are only legal if they are required by law, for the employees benefit with a written authorization,
Whenever a parent gets a new bundle of joy in their life, they quite naturally want to spend time with them. For a mother, this comes most often as maternity leave. But what about a father? Does he get to take leave to be with
When a worker leaves their job, either voluntarily or having been fired, there are strict timelines that dictate by when that employee must receive their final paycheck. This timeline can be different depending on which of 3 categories the employee falls into. The three categories
Often when someone is terminated from their job, they are never told why they were fired; if it was how they made the coffee every morning, or if their sales numbers were too low, or if it was for something worse, like a person’s race. On
Throughout the day, working people need breaks. Hard work exhausts the mind and body, but taking a short break can re-energize an employee and help them to achieve better results. In the state of Oregon, employee break laws are broadly divided into two categories, those
When we talk about work, individuals often talk about being an employee, but are they? In the United States, there are generally 2 classifications of people employed by a business, employees and independent contractors. Which group a person falls into changes what employment rights that person
Oregon employees have rights guaranteed in both federal and state law. However, they often aren’t aware what those rights are. These rights can include not being discriminated against for a member of a protected class, the right to form (or not form) a labor organization, the